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Graveyard Love Lyrics
There's a little house on the outskirts of town
Tilted in a vow of dissonance
You better walk behind me, walk behind me again
How many times have we burnt it all down?
Plumes of smoke, call it graveyard love
Walk behind me, walk these hallways again
The greatest illusion in the X-ray wind
Will take in my ruin, I keep clear of the windows
And I can't return, return to you
It's just the fear
Is this just the fear of not knowin' if you're there?
If you're there
I could never fathom how to wake you up
Crushed by the weight of your crucible
You better walk behind me, walk behind
And on the day that you wiped it all clean
Lost in a whisper did you say
"I'll never walk behind you, walk behind you again"
The greatest illusion in the X-ray wind
Will take in my ruin, I keep clear of the windows
And I can't return, return to you
It's just the fear
Is this just the fear of not knowin' that you're there?
That you're there
I don't want to remember why
I don't want to remember why
I don't want to remember
I don't want to remember why
Tilted in a vow of dissonance
You better walk behind me, walk behind me again
How many times have we burnt it all down?
Plumes of smoke, call it graveyard love
Walk behind me, walk these hallways again
Will take in my ruin, I keep clear of the windows
And I can't return, return to you
It's just the fear
Is this just the fear of not knowin' if you're there?
If you're there
Crushed by the weight of your crucible
You better walk behind me, walk behind
And on the day that you wiped it all clean
Lost in a whisper did you say
"I'll never walk behind you, walk behind you again"
Will take in my ruin, I keep clear of the windows
And I can't return, return to you
It's just the fear
Is this just the fear of not knowin' that you're there?
That you're there
I don't want to remember why
I don't want to remember
I don't want to remember why
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The track is inspired by the brutal colonialist rule the United States has imposed on Puerto Rico, where guitarist Omar Rodríguez-López was born. Of the lyrics to “Graveyard Love,” vocalist Cedric Bixler-Zavala explains, They will seek your ruin, and burn your lands because if they can’t have you, no one can.” Rodriguez-López directed the accompanying “Graveyard Love” short film, a black &white collage that captures various locales and slices of life around Puerto Rico. In the video’s description on YouTube is included an extensive timeline of U.S. colonial rule in Puerto Rico, as well as further reading recommendations. The video also closes with a quote from Puerto Rican revolutionary Lolita Lebrón: “¡Yo no vine a matar a nadie; yo vine a morir por Puerto Rico!” (“I did not come to kill anyone, I came to die for Puerto Rico”).
It would be great if someone who is more connected to the subject matter would give some insight on these lyrics but as a white guy living in the US who only has basic(and removed) knowledge of the conflict in Pureto Rico, I'm going to give it a shot... "There's a little house on the outskirts of town Tilted in a vow of dissonance" this represents the perpetual state of uncertainty in Puerto Rico as a US territory with little to no US funding or support. "Plumes of smoke call it graveyard love" This is alluding to the concept of destroying something if you cant have it, or have it your way "I keep clear of the windows" I can only assume has to do with bullets(crossfire) "I can't return to you" not being able to see someone you miss in Puerto Rico?? "Could never fathom how to wake you up Crushed by the weight of your crucible" how hard it is to simply live in such a conflicted situation.
This is my best shot, I may be completely off base but considering the known context, I can only assume these interpretations are at least close..